Cylinder Seal with Standing Figures and Fantastical Animals

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian/Isin-Larsa)

1.1 cm 1.9 cm

Citation

This contest scene features a standing figure with a round hat, a winged creature holding a staff, a lion-headed creature, and a helmeted human figure. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into cla...

Artifact

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37732
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.603

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